L1 to H1B Transfer

[hari2110]

Hi,

I am currently working for a company on L1 visa. My company filed for a Change of status - H1B for me in May 2012. After which the following sequence of events happened:
1) While my H1 was still under process, I had to travel to India for 2 weeks during the month of august. I traveled on my L1 and came back to US.
2) There was a RFE on my H1 around Oct.
3) My company filed a response and my H1 got approved recently. Have not received any documents yet. Just saw status online.

My questions are as below:
1) Will my change of status still be in effect? Meaning, Is my status automatically transferred to H1b at the point when it was approved?
2) If not then what do I need to do to change my status to H1b from L1?
3) If I go to my home country and have the H1b stamped, will that change my status to H1b?

Thank you in advance!

[sand1976]

If your H has been approved with Change of Status then technically since then you are on H status and not on L status.
As you travelled before October and came in September on your L does not mantains your L status after your H1 approval.
Even if it would have approved earlier your status would have been H from October 1st. If you want to move to L then your L employer needs to file I 129.
If you are not working for your H employer then you are Out Of status and you should not be working for your L employer.

I am not a legal expert and just suggesting from my experience. I just went through this whole lot in October and decided to travel and enter US on October 1st week to mantain my status.